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There is a shorter dirtier way mentioned by Wayne that can be improved on to work.
You could try updating your status.
Then deleting the latest status immediately after.
This should (in theory - I don't think I want to play with my friends like that) work.

I appreciate the extensiveness of your answer, but I'm not sure it's the best policy for a diamond mod to begin an answer with "You are not making any sense." Unfortunately, that gives a negative connotation to your entire answer. Asking for clarification would seem a bit more appropriate. To further explain my question: in the previous iteration of the Facebook UI your most recent status stayed at the top of your profile and could be cleared. This had the effect of removing the status as "current" but didn't remove it from your wall.
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ahsteeleDec 9 '10 at 14:36

@ahsteele Removed whatever may have offended thanks for the clarification, but the situation remains the same. At least to me, I cannot see where the situation would apply apart from having the old UI (which is going to be changed soon, on the off chance they missed this feature that means a total reset of the middle area) and a facebook badge. facebook.com/badges/profile.php?bid=2326 There you can see the latest status and if it was cleared or not.
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phwd♦Dec 9 '10 at 22:25

@ahsteele also this is a subset of all your status updates. The status that is collected there, are text only status updates. You can see a list of yours via Graph API or facebook-me.com . Notice those with links or mentions of other users are left out.
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phwd♦Dec 9 '10 at 22:27